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Peripsocus didymus |
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Species account |
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Medium sized (c. 3-4mm) brown barkfly. Widespread in Britain. Superficially looks similar to P. phaeopterus and P. consobrinus. |
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No areola postica. Forewings uniformly pale brown or occasionally with dark marks (see below). |
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Forewings occasionally with dark marks particularly in the apical cells. |
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Female
Subgenital plate (underside of abdomen) with the middle section between the two ‘arms’ as dark as the arms. The lobe at the apex of the plate narrows very slightly at the end.
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Male
Phallosome with sclerite arms crossing. |
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